Gunnar C. Hansson

34.4k total citations · 15 hit papers
306 papers, 25.3k citations indexed

About

Gunnar C. Hansson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Gunnar C. Hansson has authored 306 papers receiving a total of 25.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 246 papers in Molecular Biology, 80 papers in Organic Chemistry and 57 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Gunnar C. Hansson's work include Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (180 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (80 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (49 papers). Gunnar C. Hansson is often cited by papers focused on Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (180 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (80 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (49 papers). Gunnar C. Hansson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Germany. Gunnar C. Hansson's co-authors include Malin Johansson, Henrik Sjövall, Jenny K. Gustafsson, George Birchenough, Anna Ermund, Jessica M. Holmén Larsson, Liisa Arike, Hasse Karlsson, A.H. Schutte and Lena Holm and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Gunnar C. Hansson

300 papers receiving 24.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The inner of the two Muc2 mucin-dependent mucus layers in colon is devoid of bacteria

2008 1.6k citations Malin Johansson, Gunnar C. Hansson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The gastrointestinal mucus system in health and disease

2013 1.1k citations Malin Johansson, Henrik Sjövall et al. profile →
The two mucus layers of colon are organized by the MUC2 mucin, whereas the outer layer is a legislator of host–microbial interactions

2010 1.0k citations Malin Johansson, Jessica M. Holmén Larsson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The mucus and mucins of the goblet cells and enterocytes provide the first defense line of the gastrointestinal tract and interact with the immune system

2014 981 citations Jenny K. Gustafsson, Anna Ermund et al. profile →
Bacteria penetrate the normally impenetrable inner colon mucus layer in both murine colitis models and patients with ulcerative colitis

2013 761 citations Malin Johansson, Jenny K. Gustafsson et al. Gut profile →
Immunological aspects of intestinal mucus and mucins

2016 703 citations Malin Johansson, Gunnar C. Hansson profile →
New developments in goblet cell mucus secretion and function

2015 592 citations George Birchenough, Malin Johansson et al. profile →
Bifidobacteria or Fiber Protects against Diet-Induced Microbiota-Mediated Colonic Mucus Deterioration

2017 545 citations George Birchenough, Liisa Arike et al. profile →
The composition of the gut microbiota shapes the colon mucus barrier

2014 516 citations Ana M. Rodríguez‐Piñeiro, Anna Ermund et al. profile →
A sentinel goblet cell guards the colonic crypt by triggering Nlrp6-dependent Muc2 secretion

2016 438 citations George Birchenough, Elisabeth Nyström et al. Science profile →
Normalization of Host Intestinal Mucus Layers Requires Long-Term Microbial Colonization

2015 381 citations Malin Johansson, Anna Ermund et al. profile →
Structural weakening of the colonic mucus barrier is an early event in ulcerative colitis pathogenesis

2019 364 citations Sjoerd van der Post, Karolina S. Jabbar et al. Gut profile →
Mucins and the Microbiome

2020 267 citations Gunnar C. Hansson profile →
An intercrypt subpopulation of goblet cells is essential for colonic mucus barrier function

2021 224 citations Elisabeth Nyström, Beatriz Martínez‐Abad et al. Science profile →
Intestinal mucus and their glycans: A habitat for thriving microbiota

2023 139 citations Ana S. Luís, Gunnar C. Hansson profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The structure of FCGBP is formed as a disulfide‐mediated homodimer between its C‐terminal domains 2025 ·FEBS Journal ·(unknown), Pablo Gallego, Sergio Trillo‐Muyo, María-José García-Bonete, Christian V. Recktenwald, Gunnar C. Hansson, Malin Johansson	1
2	Mechanisms of uropathogenic E. coli mucosal association in the gastrointestinal tract 2025 ·Science Advances ·Philippe Azimzadeh, George Birchenough, (unknown), Jerome S. Pinkner, (unknown), Wandy L. Beatty, Thomas J. Hannan, Karen Dodson, (unknown), Seonyoung Kim, Henry L. Schreiber, James W. Janetka, Andrew L. Kau, Ashlee M. Earl, Mark J. Miller, Gunnar C. Hansson, Scott J. Hultgren	1
3	EatA mediated degradation of intestinal mucus is species-specific and driven by MUC2 structural features 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Frida Svensson, (unknown), Liisa Arike, (unknown), Jenny K. Gustafsson, Mathias I. Nielsen, (unknown), James M. Fleckenstein, Gunnar C. Hansson, Sjoerd van der Post	0
4	Ruminococcus torques is a keystone degrader of intestinal mucin glycoprotein, releasing oligosaccharides used by Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron 2024 ·mBio ·(unknown), Gabriel Vasconcelos Pereira, Ana S. Luís, (unknown), Nicolas Terrapon, (unknown), Chunsheng Jin, Bernard Henrissat, Gunnar C. Hansson, Eric C. Martens	36
5	Proteome of airway surface liquid and mucus in newborn wildtype and cystic fibrosis piglets 2023 ·Respiratory Research ·Ana M. Rodríguez‐Piñeiro, (unknown), Nikolai Klymiuk, Andrea Bähr, Gunnar C. Hansson, Anna Ermund	0
6	Sulfated glycan recognition by carbohydrate sulfatases of the human gut microbiota 2022 ·Nature Chemical Biology ·Ana S. Luís, Arnaud Baslé, Dominic P. Byrne, Gareth S. A. Wright, (unknown), Chunsheng Jin, Niclas G. Karlsson, Gunnar C. Hansson, Patrick A. Eyers, Mirjam Czjzek, Tristan Barbeyron, Edwin A. Yates, Eric C. Martens, Alan Cartmell	27
7	Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli degrades the host MUC2 mucin barrier to facilitate critical pathogen-enterocyte interactions in human small intestine 2022 ·Digital Commons@Becker (Washington University School of Medicine) ·Alaullah Sheikh, Tamding Wangdi, Tim J. Vickers, (unknown), (unknown), Mark J. Miller, Seonyoung Kim, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jeffrey C. Gildersleeve, Sjoerd van der Post, Gunnar C. Hansson, James M. Fleckenstein	24
8	Clearance of small intestinal crypts involves goblet cell mucus secretion by intracellular granule rupture and enterocyte ion transport 2022 ·Science Signaling ·Brendan Dolan, Anna Ermund, Beatriz Martínez‐Abad, Malin Johansson, Gunnar C. Hansson	28
9	Mucus threads from surface goblet cells clear particles from the airways 2021 ·Respiratory Research ·Anna Ermund, (unknown), Brendan Dolan, (unknown), (unknown), Andrea Bähr, Nikolai Klymiuk, Gunnar C. Hansson	13
10	An intercrypt subpopulation of goblet cells is essential for colonic mucus barrier function breakdown → 2021 ·Science ·Elisabeth Nyström, Beatriz Martínez‐Abad, Liisa Arike, George Birchenough, Eric B. Nonnecke, Patricia A. Castillo, Frida Svensson, Charles Bevins, Gunnar C. Hansson, Malin Johansson	224
11	New generation ENaC inhibitors detach cystic fibrosis airway mucus bundles via sodium/hydrogen exchanger inhibition 2021 ·European Journal of Pharmacology ·(unknown), Nikolai Klymiuk, Andrea Bähr, (unknown), (unknown), Robert Tarran, Anna Malmgren, Annika Åstrand, Gunnar C. Hansson, Anna Ermund	4
12	Association between Brachyspira and irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea 2020 ·Gut ·Karolina S. Jabbar, Brendan Dolan, (unknown), Catharina Wising, Anna Ermund, Åsa Johansson, Hans Törnblom, Magnus Simrén, Gunnar C. Hansson	38
13	Structural weakening of the colonic mucus barrier is an early event in ulcerative colitis pathogenesis breakdown → 2019 ·Gut ·Sjoerd van der Post, Karolina S. Jabbar, George Birchenough, Liisa Arike, Noreen Akhtar, Henrik Sjövall, Malin Johansson, Gunnar C. Hansson	364
14	Bicarbonate and functional CFTR channel are required for proper mucin secretion and link cystic fibrosis with its mucus phenotype 2012 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Jenny K. Gustafsson, Anna Ermund, Daniel Ambort, Malin Johansson, Harriet E. Nilsson, Kaisa Thorell, Hans Hebert, Henrik Sjövall, Gunnar C. Hansson	266
15	The two mucus layers of colon are organized by the MUC2 mucin, whereas the outer layer is a legislator of host–microbial interactions breakdown → 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Malin Johansson, Jessica M. Holmén Larsson, Gunnar C. Hansson	1048
16	Entamoeba histolytica cysteine proteases cleave the MUC2 mucin in its C-terminal domain and dissolve the protective colonic mucus gel 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Martin E. Lidell, (unknown), Kris Chadee, Gunnar C. Hansson	193
17	Gastrointestinal mucins of Fut2-null mice lack terminal fucosylation without affecting colonization by Candida albicans 2005 ·Glycobiology ·Elizabeth A. Hurd, (unknown), Gunnar C. Hansson, Steven E. Domino	37
18	Recombinant Tumor-Associated MUC1 Glycoprotein Impairs the Differentiation and Function of Dendritic Cells 2005 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Aurelia Rughetti, Ilenia Pellicciotta, Mauro Biffoni, Malin Bäckström, Thomas A. Link, (unknown), Henrik Clausen, Thomas Noll, Gunnar C. Hansson, Joy Burchell, Luigi Frati, Joyce Taylor‐Papadimitriou, Marianna Nuti	71
19	Den möjliga litteraturhistorien 1995 ·Gunnar C. Hansson	0
20	Wolfram Mauser, m. fl.: Text und Rezeption. Wirkungsanalyse zeitgenössischer Lyrik am Beispiel des Gedichtes "Faden sonnen" von Paul Celan. Athenäum. Frankfurt/Main 1972. 1974 ·KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) ·Gunnar C. Hansson	1

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